Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:27:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: innd 1.7.2 issues... Message-ID: <199809141527.LAA26468@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980914081048.A27142@drwho.xnet.com> References: <19980914081048.A27142@drwho.xnet.com>
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<<On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:10:48 -0500, Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> said: > I noticed that I have been getting several refused connections to my nnrpd > port -- naturally I disallow all connections outside my local site, so the > logs show the connection as "no permission". There are many spammers out there who scan the Path: headers in received news looking for poorly-configured news servers which might allow open posting so they can inject their tripe. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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